Time to apply for the master program
Dear readers, since a year I am responsible for the running of the Master Program in Human Factors and Systems Safety at Lund University. The program is a one-year master that we give over two years (so half-time effort expected from the students) and the program is targeted to professionals and practitioners within safety-critical industries worldwide. The course which started in January 2012 have representatives from aviation, nuclear industry, healthcare, construction, railway and fire safety engineering and the students represent countries such as Canada, USA, Australia and Finland. We run this program as commissioned education, meaning that the tuition fee is covered by the student's employer. For 2012 the tuition fee is 70 000 SEK for each of the two years that the student is enrolled in the program. Studies in this program are distance-based with three exceptions. There are three mandatory so called learning laboratories during the first year (in January, June and Nove